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Congress != Progress
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2013, real GDP increased 2.6 percent.
http://content.govdelivery.com/atta...++First+Quarter+2014+%28Third+Estimate%29.pdf
Funny how these terrible results are whitewashed twice and then virtually ignored.
Early indicators of Q2 2014 do not look good either, results are tracking lower than estimates:
Overall Economy - NYTimes.com